Federal Register: January 22, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 14)

DOCID: FR Doc 02-1376

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

CFR Citation: 14 CFR Part 95

Docket ID: [Docket No. 30289; Amdt. No. 433]

NOTICE: RULES

ACTION: Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Final rule.

SUBJECT CATEGORY:

IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments

EFFECTIVE DATES: 0901 UTC, February 21, 2002.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY:

This amendment adopts miscellaneous amendments to the required IFR (instrument flight rules) altitudes and changeover points for certain Federal airways, jet routes, or direct routes for which a minimum or maximum en routes authorized IFR altitude is prescribed. This regulatory action is needed because of changes occurring in the National Airspace System. These changes are designed to provide for the safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace under instrument conditions in the affected areas.

SUMMARY:

IFR altitudes,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

This amendment to part 95 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 95) amends, suspends, or revokes IFR altitudes governing the operation of all aircraft in flight over a specified route or any portion of that route, as well as the changeover points (COPs) for Federal airways, jet routes, or direct routes as prescribed in part 95.

The Rule

The specified IFR altitudes, when used in conjunction with the prescribed changeover points for those routes, ensure navigation aid coverage that is adequate for safe flight operations and free of frequency interference. The reasons and circumstances that create the need for this amendment involve matters of flight safety and operational efficiency in the National Airspace System, are related to published aeronautical charts that are essential to the user, and provide for the safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace. In addition, those various reasons or circumstances require making this amendment effective before the next scheduled charting and publication date of the flight information to assure its timely availability to the user. The effective date of this amendment reflects those
considerations. In view of the close and immediate relationship between these regulatory changes and safety in air commerce, I find that notice and public procedure before adopting this amendment are impracticable and contrary to the public interest and that good cause exists for making the amendment effective in less than 30 days.

Conclusion

The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an established body of technical regulations for which frequent and routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. It, therefore(1) is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' under DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant preparation of a regulatory evaluation as the anticipated impact is so minimal. For the same reason, the FAA certifies that this amendment will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 95

Airspace, Navigation (air).
[[Page 2809]]

Issued in Washington, DC on January 11, 2002.
James J. Ballough,
Director, Flight Standards Service.

Adoption of the Amendment

Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me by the Administrator, part 95 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 95) is amended as follows effective at 0901 UTC:

PART 95[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 95 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40106, 40113, 40114, 40120, 44502, 44514, 44719, 44721.
Secs. 95.48, 95.6001, 95.6159, 95.6437, 95.6441, 95.6450, 95.614, and 95.6538 [Amended]

2. Part 95 is amended to read as follows:
Revisions to IFR Altitudes and Changeover Points [Amendment 433, Effective Date: February 21, 2002] From To MEA Colored Federal Airways
Sec. 95.48 Green Federal Airway 8 is Amended to Read in Part Campbell Lake, AK NDB............ Glennallen, AK NDB...... 10000 Atlantic Routes
Atlantic RoutesA315 is Amended to Read in Part Jayee, BS FIX.................... *Hodgy, BS FIX.......... 7,000 *16500MRA
Atlantic RoutesA555 is Amended to Read in Part
Rajay, BS FIX.................... Prune, BS FIX........... 4,000 Prune, BS FIX.................... Nassau, BS VOR/DME...... 2,000 Nassau, BS VOR/DME............... Lepas, BS FIX........... *3000 *1500MOCA
Lepas, BS FIX.................... Bosar, BS FIX........... *3000 *1300MOCA
Atlantic RoutesB503 is Amended to Read in Part
NAssua, BS VOR/DME............... *Hodgy, BS FIX.......... 7000 *16500MRA
Hodgy, BS FIX.................... Enamo, OA FIX........... 6000 Atlantic RoutesG437 is Amended to Read in Part
Mapyl, OA FIX.................... Elbow, BS FIX........... 31000 Elbow, BS FIX.................... Ingra, BS FIX........... 8000 Ingra, BS FIX.................... Nassau, BS VOR/DME...... 2000 Nassau, BS VOR/DME............... Welks, BS FIX........... 2000 Welks, BS FIX.................... Brono, BS FIX........... 2000 Brono, BS FIX.................... *Jayee, BS FIX.......... 5000 *14000MRA
Bahamas Routes
Bahama Routes022V is Amended to Read in Part
Carey, BS FIX.................... Majur, BS FIX........... 2000 Majur, BS FIX.................... Nassau, BS VOR/DME...... *2000 *1500MOCA
Bahama Routes049V is Amended to Read in Part
Nassau, BS VOR/DME............... Tinky, BS FIX........... 4000 Bahama Routes053V is Amended to Read in Part
Prune, BS FIX.................... Nassau, BS VOR/DME...... 2000 Nassaue, BS VOR/DME.............. Guava, BS FIX........... 3000 Bahama Routes054V is Amended to Read in Part
Carey, BS FIX.................... Majur, BS FIX........... 2,000 Majur, BS FIX.................... Nassau, BS VOR/DME...... *2,000 [[Page 2810]]
*1500MOCA
Bahama Routes055V is Amended to Read in Part
Prune, BS FIX.................... Nassau, BS VOR/DME...... 2,000 Nassau, BS VOR/DME............... Burrl, BS FIX........... *3000 *1500MOCA
Burrl, BS FIX.................... Seaan, BS FIX........... *3000 *1500MOCA
Seaan, BS FIX.................... Burgo, BS FIX........... *16000 *1500MOCA
Bahama Routes057V is Amended to Read in Part
Carey, BS FIX.................... Majur, BS FIX........... 2,000 Majur, BS FIX.................... Nassau, BS VOR/DME...... *2,000 *1500MOCA
Bahama Routes058V is Amended to Read in Part
Nassau, BS VOR/DME............... Kuray, BS FIX........... *2000 *1500MOCA
Kuray, BS FIX.................... *Melon, BS FIX.......... **2000 *8000MRA
**1300MOCA
Melon, BS FIX.................... Hankx, BS FIX........... *2000 *1300MOCA
Hankx, BS FIX.................... Barts, BS FIX........... *4000 *1300MOCA
Barts, BS FIX.................... Abaco, BS FIX........... 10000 Bahama Routes063V is Amended to Read in Part
Hankx, BS FIX.................... *Melon, BS FIX.......... **2,000 *8,000MRA
**1,300MOCA
Melon, BS FIX.................... Kuray, BS FIX........... *2,000 *1300MOCA
Kuray, BS FIX.................... Nassau, BS VOR/DME...... *2,000 *1,500MOCA
Bahamas Routes065V is Amended to Read in Part
Nassau, BS VOR/DME............... Peach, BS FIX........... *2000 *1500MOCA
Peach, BS FIX.................... *Sydny, BS FIX.......... **2000 *5000MRA
**1300MOCA
Sydny, BS FIX.................... Lauth, BS FIX........... *5000 *1300MOCA
Lauth, BS FIX.................... Freeport, BS VOR/DME.... *2000 *1400MOCA
Bahamas Routes070V is Amended to Read in Part
Marsh Harbour, BS NDB............ Nassau, BS VOR/DME...... 6000 Sec. 95.6001 Victor RoutesU.S.

Sec. 95.6159 VOR Federal Airway 159 is Amended to Read in Part Tuskegee, AL VOR/DME............. Kentt, AL FIX........... *2600 *1900MOCA

Sec. 95.6437 VOR Federal Airway 437 is Amended to Read in Part Stary, GA FIX.................... *Cathy, GA FIX.......... **5000 *5000MRA

**1300MOCA

Sec. 95.6441 VOR Federal Airway 441 is Amended to Read in Part Stary, GA FIX.................... *Cathy, GA FIX.......... **5000 [[Page 2811]]
*5000MRA

**1300MOCA

Sec. 95.6450 VOR Federal Airway 450 is Amended to Read in Part Muskegon, MI VORTAC.............. Flint, MI VORTAC........ *3000 *2400MOCA

Sec. 95.6514 VOR Federal Airway 514 is Amended to Read in Part *Twentynine Palms, CA VORTAC..... Goffs, CA VORTAC........ **12000 *10200MCA Twentynine Palms,
CA VORTAC, NE BND

**7600MOCA

Sec. 95.6538 VOR Federal Airway 538 is Amended to Read in Part *Twentynine Palms, CA VORTAC..... Goffs, CA VORTAC........ **12000 *10200MCA Twentynine Palms,
CA VORTAC, NE BND
**7600MOCA
[FR Doc. 021376 Filed 11802; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 491013M

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

Donald P. Pate, Flight Procedure Standards Branch (AMCAFS420), Flight Technologies and Programs Division, Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration, Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, 6500 South MacArthur Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK. 73169 (Mail Address: PO Box 25082 Oklahoma City, OK. 73125) telephone: (405) 9544164.